Bianca Hall
Racial discrimination laws have led to the ''bizarre'' situation where members of a community can use racially loaded language against each other while outsiders can't, Human Rights Commissioner Tim...

Bianca Hall
To borrow from Tony Abbott's tortuous collection of metaphors, the government will soon light a bonfire of red tape in Parliament, throwing more than 9500 regulations and 1000 acts of Parliament on...

Bianca Hall
Labor has called on the government to restore $4.5 billion in foreign aid funding, accusing Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop of turning her back on a commitment not to cut aid to Pacific nations.

Bianca Hall
The cost of housing Immigration Department staff on Christmas Island has blown out by $11 million since December, despite the number of asylum seekers detained on the island falling by more than 430...

Bianca Hall
The federal government will be forced to simultaneously fight dozens of court appeals later this month following a privacy breach, with some 40 asylum seekers preparing to launch appeals against...

Bianca Hall
The Immigration Department employs a 66-strong team of spin doctors, dwarfing the 39 media and communications staff employed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the ministers on his frontbench.